Publications
The Learning Policy Center aims to inform education policy decision-making with high quality research on learning. Our website provides access to policy briefs, academic journal articles and book chapters from noted researchers in the field. These researchers include the Learning Sciences and Policy (LSAP) faculty at the University of Pittsburgh as well as experts across the country. The site will be updated regularly, so please check the site frequently for the newest publications.
Featured Publications:
Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development, Second Edition (2009)
by Mary Kay Stein, Margaret Schwan Smith, Marjorie Henningsen & Edward A. Silver
Now in its second edition, this essential textbook and professional development resource offers a new foreword by James Hiebert. Drawing on the authors’ work over the past decade, two important new chapters focus on the ways in which the book can be used to support the learning of teachers and administrators.
Learning Policy Brief Series
November 2009
Making Real Choices Happen in Traditional Public Schools: Lessons to be learned from non-traditional choice settings
by William Bickel & Jennifer Iriti
February 2009
Sustaining Ambitious Instructional Reforms amidst the Tides of Policy Cycles
by Julia Kaufman & Mary Kay Stein
December 2008
Smart Use of District Resources: Curriculum change must be coupled with quality professional development for teachers
by Christian Schunn
October 2008
Setting the Groundwork for Quality Teaching and Learning: Measuring instruction in schools and districts
by Lindsay Clare Matsumura
June 2008
Getting the Most Out of Professional Learning Communities and Coaching: Promoting interactions that support instructional improvement
by Cynthia Coburn & Jennifer Russell
March 2008
Professional Development as a Lever for Changing Teacher Practice
by Richard Correnti
February 2008
Why Learning Policy?
by Mary Kay Stein
